Chapter 104: IT’S TIME TO COME BACK HOME
Gus smacked his forehead with his palm, his frustration mounting with every passing second. "Damn it," he muttered under his breath. How did he let them leave just like that?
Alanis will definitely skin him alive. But it’s not his fault he has a loose wife. The boldness of her to even kiss that man knowing fully well she’s still married to his boss.
He knows Alanis wouldn’t make excuses, especially not when it came to Harlow. His boss had been on edge ever since finding out she was staying with that boy. That’s the reason he even asked him to watch them secretly.
The mere thought of Andrew sent a jolt of anger coursing through Gus’s veins. That smug little punk had no idea what kind of fire he was playing with. Gus’s jaw tightened.
His phone buzzed sharply, snapping him out of his spiraling thoughts. The screen lit up with the name he dreaded most at the moment. Alanis Hamilton. Gus stared at it for a second, his stomach twisting into knots, before he reluctantly answered.
"Do you have her?" Alanis’s voice was cold and razor-sharp, cutting through the line like a blade. There was no mistaking the restrained fury simmering beneath his calm tone.
Gus swallowed hard, his throat suddenly dry. "They both left before I could make a move," he admitted, his voice low and cautious.
A deadly silence followed on the other end, the kind that made Gus’s palms sweat. "But not to worry," he added hastily, "I’m tracking them right now. I’ll find them, boss. I swear." He said like his words could make things any better.
"Find her," Alanis hissed, his voice dangerously quiet now, a whisper laced with menace. "And don’t come back until you do. If she spends one more night under that boy’s roof..."